Helen Dixon appointed Comreg Commissioner Outgoing Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, has been appointed as a Commissioner at communications regulator, Comreg. Business • 16 Nov
Data Protection Commissioner to leave role in February The Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon, whose term of office is due to end in 2024, is to leave the role on 19 February. Business • 15 Nov
'Significant' amount of money pending after Meta fines The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) yesterday fined Facebook and Instagram a total of €390m after the conclusion of two inquiries into the platforms' parent … Business • 05 Jan
Meta fined €265m by Irish watchdog for data breach Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €265 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following a data breach which saw the personal details … Business • 28 Nov 22
DPC warns of damage to GDPR enforcement regime The Data Protection Commissioner has said a set of metrics against which the performance of all European data regulators can be assessed objectively must be … Business • 24 Feb 22
Privacy group takes High Court action against DPC A not-for profit organisation has launched a High Court challenge over what it claims is the Data Protection Commissioner's failure to progress complaints made about … Business • 06 Jul 20
Minister: Inappropriate to modify Public Services Card The Public Services Card will remain in use with the Government saying it would be inappropriate and potentially unlawful to withdraw or modify it. News • 17 Sep 19
Helen Dixon gets second term as Data Protection chief The Government has reappointed the head of its powerful Data Protection Commission, which regulates the European operations of global tech giants like Facebook and Google, … Business • 28 May 19
Commissioner says US firms may have breached GDPR The Data Protection Commissioner has told a US Senate Committee that her office has reason to believe that US technology firms may have breached the … technology • 01 May 19
Surge in number of data breaches reported in 2018 The number of data breaches reported to the Data Protection Commission soared by 70% last year, as new data protection rules were introduced across Europe, … Ireland • 28 Feb 19
Data commissioner extends PSC project investigation An investigation by Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon into the Public Services Card project has been extended, an Oireachtas Committee has been told. Ireland • 22 Feb 18
Court hears US government arguments in data case Ten parties, including the US government, have made arguments to the Commercial Court as to why they should be allowed to have a watching brief … News • 07 Jul 16
Cost savings put before data compliance - report Many organisations in Ireland deploy little resources to manage data protection compliance and view saving money as sufficient justification for poor data protection practices, the … News • 21 Jun 16
